Maria Daume, a Marine Corps recruit, pushes an ammunition can during the Crucible, a 54-hour culminating training event, on Parris Island, Jan. 5, 2017. Daume, assigned to Papa Company, 4th Recruit Training Battalion, was born in a Russian prison and brought to Long Island, NY, at the age of 4 when she and her twin brother were adopted. Marine Corps photo by Staff Sgt. Greg Thomas
They sure make those Russians tough.
Young and proud and strong!
You rock, Maria!